Always take a stand for yourself, your values. You're defined by what you stand for
No gesture is too small when done with gratitude.
You are the single biggest influence in your life.
You are responsible for your life. You can't keep blaming somebody else for your dysfunction. Life is really about moving on.
Forgiveness is giving up the hope that the past could have been any different.
I love what the church offers to us as a culture - black people in particular. We would be nowhere without the black church.